Moshe ben Yosef Firrouz

Rabbi Moshe ben Yoseph Firrouz (born 1972) is an Israeli Karaite Hakham, Torah scholar, Register of Marriage and Divorce, and the spiritual leader of the Karaite Jewish Committee . He serves as Chairman of the Council of Sages of association World Karaite Judaism and its religious council.

Biography

Moshe Firrouz was born in 1972 in Or Yehuda, and as a child moved to Bat Yam .He fulfilled his military service in the Air Force, then carried out Beer Sheva pilgrimage studies in Ben Gurion University. He earned a BA in nuclear engineering and a master's degree in management and safety engineering.

After his arrival in the community of Beer–Sheva he began attending Torah classes and seminars that take place Beit Midrash. After studying under the guidance of Rabbi Joseph MoradRabbi Magdy Samuel he was ordained and received a "long" by the Council of Sages, and served as secretary of the Council of Sages. Since his ordination, in 2007, teaching in various Torah held across the country and teaches to conversion framework Karaites. In addition, the operator Rabbi Moshe website Karaite community. Intranet built in 2004. In addition, he holds religion classes in session Renan, and acts as a certified ritual slaughterer.

In 2011 he was elected Chief Rabbi by the Council of Sages. In this role he was appointed by the prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu as registers of marriage and divorce to the Jewish community – Krajina and holds together with other rabbis wedding ceremonies according to biblical tradition.

As of 2016, in addition to his rabbinical duties, he works as an engineer in computer systems at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, and formerly also worked in the department of chemistry.

He is a PhD student at the Faculty of Sciences – Humanities and Social Sciences in the Department of Jewish Thought in Israel. His research deals with the most important book of the wise Judea Hadassi "Eshcol Farm".

Rabbi Moshe demilitarization lecturer Country and abroad and represent the community at conferences and lectures.

Rabbi Moshe married to Yael, lives in Beer – Sheva the father of four children.

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